"bbmkbb1" raised to 24K from the middle, and both "jerseyman99" and "angels" called from the blinds. The flop came and "jerseyman99" found 2 callers for their 24K lead. They fired 79,490 on the turn, and only "bbmkbb1" called to see the river. "jerseyman99" shoved a covering stack, and "bbmkbb1" mucked.
"cenation" raised to 48K from the hijack, and "Marley0408" shoved for 300,814. "cenation" called for less, but found their ace-queen in rough shape against the ace-king of "Marley0408". Big slick held, and "Marley0408" got the double.
"MyCousinVinny5" opened the middle for 40K, and "fnasty97" defended the big blind to a flop of . They check-called for another 40K to see the turn where they check-called for 65K. The river was and "fnasty97" check-called again for 187,420, but mucked when "MyCousinVinny5" rolled over for two pair.
"Edgar888" shoved over the open from Sridhar "sri100k” Sangannagari and got the call. "Edgar888" had the best ace with ace-eight, but Sangannagari paired his five kicker on the flop. "Edgar888" went runner-runner straight on the turn and river however to take it down and survive as "Flawlessbinkage" bubbled the tournament in 55th place.
In September, the World Poker Tour Online Borgata Series powered by partypoker US Network wrapped up its 10-event series with the conclusion of the $1,060 Main Event, a tournament that drew 440 entries and offered up a $432,700 prize pool.
The final table of eight battled it out for a $77,349 top prize, plus a Hublot Big Bang E Titanium watch valued at $5,200, and after 3.5 hours of play, it was Tony "ToNiSiNzz" Sinishtaj coming out on top to claim his second WPT-related title. Sinishtaj previously won the WPT Seminole Rock Poker Showdown in Season XVI for $661,283.
Sinishtaj sat down with PokerNews' Chad Holloway to talk about the win.
After "MyCousinVinny5" raised to 86K, Michael "Gags30” Gagliano and "gailums" both called before Alex "JinYang” Butcher raised it up to to 368K. Gagliano shoved for more than 2.4M, and Butcher called off for less.
Michael "Gags30” Gagliano:
Alex "JinYang” Butcher:
Board:
It was a cooler spot and Butcher's aces held for a big double. Elsewhere "Anna08" and Keith "ClarkWesterfeld" Donovan both lost their stacks to bring play down to 24 remaining.
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The partypoker US Online Network – which is comprised of partypoker US, Borgata Poker and BetMGM Poker – has been gaining momentum in New Jersey, most recently with last month's WPT Online Borgata Series.
One player who has been doing quite well on the site is bracelet winner Daniel “centrfieldr23” Lupo, 37, of West Milford, New Jersey. You might recall that last summer, Lupo topped a 1,767-entry field to win the WSOP.com Online $500 NLH Turbo Deepstack for $145,274 and a gold bracelet. Earlier this year, he added a ring to his résumé by taking down the WSOP.com Online Circuit Event #3: $320 NLH 6-Max for $32,595 and a month later won the WSOP.com $100,000 GTD Sunday for $50,715.
PokerNews caught up with Lupo, who went to NJIT for Architecture and baseball, to ask him about poker, which he squeezes in between working for an Architecture firm in Bridgewater specializing in single-family residential and smaller commercial projects and his family, which includes three kids ages 2-5 and his supportive wife Laura.
Q&A with Daniel “centrfieldr23” Lupo
PokerNews: When and how did you learn to play poker?
Lupo: I started playing/learning in college during the Rounders and Moneymaker boom with a bunch of the baseball guys. Within a year I found myself hosting games at college, at home on breaks and basically anywhere I could find or make a game. I didn’t play much online early on, regrettably.
What sort of poker do you play these days?
Mostly online MTTs playing like three sessions per week on average with buy-ins typically from $50 to $1k with the occasional $2-$3k buy in for a big event. I average around 500-600 MTTs a month despite not playing full time, I tend to put in a lot of volume when I’m on. The games are mostly NLH and some PLO MTTs, but love when StarsNJ runs a series as they run a fun 8-Game MTT with a bunch of other mixed variants.
What’s it like to play poker while raising young children?
It’s been a constant evolution. I could probably write a book about all the highs and lows and life adjustments I’ve had or chose to make. It gives me a lot of inspiration to succeed while also adding some weight to my losses as it's like 'not only was I way from my kids for all of Sunday afternoon but I lost (insert obnoxious Sunday schedule cost here)'.
What are some of your poker goals?
Try and win everything I play. Actually, my biggest current goal is trying to optimize my MTT game selection. Since quarantine began the schedules have been exploding site to site and while it's been great, with lots of new players and lots of live players playing online it has also drastically increased my average buy-ins and session costs as well as the field size which further increases variance.
I'm trying to optimize the balance of table quantity and expected value vs individual session costs and the variance that comes with it. Having an average buy-in of $250 adds up pretty quickly when it's spread across 60+ entries on a Sunday. My biggest ongoing and long-term goal is to win enough to help my family live comfortably.
How did it feel to take down the partypoker US Network Phased Main Event last month?
I was pretty stoked about the partypoker US win. I love their structure and it was a very tough field when we were deep; I was fortunate to run pretty well and the be able to leverage my chip stack at the final table. I had made a bunch of top 18 runs in their series Main Events but couldn't crack a solid finish lately so this felt a little extra special.
BorgataPoker.com Ambassador Michael "Gags30” Gagliano shoved the big blind over an open from "gailums" under the gun, and got a call with the best hand with ace-three, but lost to the king-queen of "gailums" after they turned a queen.